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Leptin, also known as the “satiety hormone”, ” is a circulating hormone secreted primarily by adipocytes (i.e., fat cells) to signal nutritional status in direct proportion to fat stores; as fat stores deplete, leptin levels fall, resulting in increased appetite and decreased energy expenditure to replenish fat stores (Pan & Myers, 2018). Leptin regulates energy homeostasis, neuroendocrine function, and metabolism (Münzberg & Morrison, 2015).
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The Center for Nutritional Psychology. (2024). Leptin. In Encyclopedia of Nutritional Psychology. The Center for Nutritional Psychology.
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